Economic harm to the company. But that just isnt in the case with google. So its a legitimate question as to whether googles market power insulates it. I also think its a legitimate question to ask if other attempts to regulate your industries have worked. So mr. Pachi, google has restricted the portability of user data due to compliance with the general Data Protection regulation. Specifically in 2018, google restricted the ability to export the double i. D. Of cookie based identifier that creates profiles through google data transfer. Is that correct . Congressman, not familiar with the specifics of that particular issue. But happy to follow up more once i understand it better. So youre not particularly familiar with how youre complying with gdpr. Congressman, weve long been working to comply with gdpr. We think its an important regulation, and we have we are in full come plibpliance to extent of my knowledge. I just meant not with that specific issue you mentioned there. So to compl
Police operation and forcing chinas new National Security bill. To dominant and too powerful thats whats being leveled against 4 of americas Largest Tech Companies at a congressional hearing in washington d. C. The chief executives of Facebook Google amazon and apple have been defending their Business Practices via video link theyre accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry free from regulation this is the culmination of a yearlong investigation by the u. S. Congress detailing how the Companies Avoid liability under the current laws well amazon has been accused of accessing data from sellers on its Online Shopping platform to create its own products when pressed on the issue chief executive jeff bezos says he called to guarantee his company doesnt engage in that activity. Let me ask you mr amazon after access and use 3rd party seller data when making Business Decisions and just a yes or no will suffice or. I cant answer that question yes or no what i can tell you is
Doesnt hurt that they beat on the top and bottom lines, earnings per share at 86 cents versus 71, but the real big deal here was the settlement with hauwai is this the end of qualcomms Business Model they faced problems with apple refusing to pay them telling them that their suppliers refused to pay qualcomm. I will, some people say i hate to say i told you so no one hates to say that i did tell you so, qualcomm is really good at this legal stuff. They have been fighting the legal battles throughout their career tom brady, Fourth Quarter in the super bowl, you cant count them out. That is why the stock is up catching a lot of people by surprise, julia. That is right, just looking at the opportunities they see in 5g as that continues to roll out and the idea that maybe the regulatory hurdles are behind them they have the ftc case they won that is under appeal, but really notable looking at those two Business Models looking at the sale of the chips and the licensing. Yeah, the pressure t
Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe
Giants of silicon valley. 10 trillion in market cap. Adam lashinsky, from fortune, both fox news contributors. Along with former investment banker carol roth and tech expert lance ulanoff. Thank you so much for joining us. Scott, first to you, which of these stocks will move the market, move the most after the bell. Given where we are during the pandemic and kind of where the consumer is i think it is an amazon story and not because amazon is retail and tech with Amazon Web Services youre getting a little bit of both. Youre getting a little bit of tech with amazon and certainly get the retail exposure. Amazon in some cases, david, by some estimates is pushing a hundo billion of revenue. That incredible for reporting services. That is a big tech titan. A big retail titan. That is why it holds so much water. David adam, call me oldfashioned i look at apple of the four stocks, because sometimes they low ball numbers before the earnings come out and investors are surprised when they do. Fr